{"id":780,"date":"2014-03-20T18:54:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T18:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=780"},"modified":"2014-03-20T19:26:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T19:26:55","slug":"debut-poetry-chapbook-from-shanta-everington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Debut poetry chapbook from Shanta Everington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shanta-bb-apc12-cover-231x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-788\" title=\"shanta bb-apc12-cover-231x300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shanta-bb-apc12-cover-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Shanta Everington\u2019s debut poetry chapbook, <em>Drowning in Cherryade, <\/em>is published this month by US-based independent publisher, bedouin books, (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bedouinbooks.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bedouinbooks.com<\/a>) after winning their annual poetry chapbook competition.<\/p>\n<p>Editor Michael D&#8217;Alessandro says<em>, \u2018Drowning in Cherryade<\/em> conjures candy-colored scenes of youth mirrored in an examination of memories. Overwhelmed by first experiences, the poems are at once told with a resignedness to their outcomes, while maintaining a perspective of awkward fumbling for an anchor. This parallax affect helps complete the pictures presented here with a quick wit, a rooted voice and a few playful surprises.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shantas-poem3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-787\" title=\"shanta's poem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shantas-poem3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shantas-poem3.png 235w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shantas-poem3-177x300.png 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2003, bedouin books\u2019 publishing philosophy is to give emerging and established writers legitimate quality collections of their work in bound form as a springboard to their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Shanta has an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from MMU and teaches creative writing module A215. In addition to <em>Drowning in Cherryade<\/em>, she has published three novels and two non-fiction books. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shantaeverington.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.shantaeverington.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanta Everington\u2019s debut poetry chapbook, Drowning in Cherryade, is published this month by US-based independent publisher, bedouin books, (http:\/\/www.bedouinbooks.com) after winning their annual poetry chapbook competition. 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